Re: Online index builds (was: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL 8.2 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bill Moran
Subject Re: Online index builds (was: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL 8.2
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Msg-id 20061205162942.9c520bb9.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com
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In response to Re: Online index builds (was: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL 8.2 Now Available)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
List pgsql-general
In response to Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>:

> Bill Moran wrote:
> > In response to Josh Berkus <josh@postgresql.org>:
> >
> > > -- Online index builds
> >
> > I'm particularly curious about this feature.  Does this mean that
> > PostgreSQL 8.2 can perform a REINDEX without blocking the relevant
> > table from writes?
> >
> > If so, the 8.2 docs are a bit out of date:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-reindex.html
>
> No, it means you can do CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-createindex.html

Ahh ... and the text there specifically states that REINDEX does
_not_ work concurrently.

Thanks.

--
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.

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